http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/ Birds and Birding in Manitoba, Canada Sat, 25 May 2013 17:45:05 GMT Rudolf Koes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21040 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21040 Hello all, The evenings of 22 and 23 May, with a (near) full moon, were ideal for tallying night birds, although it was getting a bit late in the season for Sat, 25 May 2013 13:30:00 GMT Irenne Bader http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21039 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21039 Opened this week's issue of The Carillon to find numerous pictures of Baltimore Orioles. The newspaper is filled with columns from South-East Manitoba (each Sat, 25 May 2013 12:54:29 GMT Bonnie Chartier http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21038 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21038 Good morning, Almost the very first bird that I saw this morning at the feeder is a female Red-bellied Woodpecker. It is a new yard bird for me. Last week a Sat, 25 May 2013 12:13:29 GMT Louanne Reid http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21037 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21037 This afternoon, in my backyard, I'd just potted a pair of petunia, started another, then looked up and about 2 feet away was a Hummingbird testing the nectar Sat, 25 May 2013 03:10:05 GMT Garry Budyk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21036 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21036 Today ( 24 May ) John Weier and I birded ( the very very windy ) Whitewater Lake . Shorebird variety was good , with 19 species . Numbers were modest but there Fri, 24 May 2013 22:00:09 GMT codered6547 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21035 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21035 We had a first for our yard at lunch, an Orchard Oriole ate grape jelly at one of our feeders for about 5 min. It was finally chased off by a pair of Baltimore Fri, 24 May 2013 21:52:14 GMT Red Clarke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21034 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21034 At about 1400 this afternoon Ryan Porteous and I saw one Common Nighthawk at FortWhyte Alive. Cheers, Red R. McV. Clarke 211 Victoria Crescent Winnipeg Fri, 24 May 2013 20:43:42 GMT Katrina Froese http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21033 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21033 *BIRDING AND BREAKFAST MAY 22, 2013* Below is the tally from a somewhat cool and slow morning on Wednesday. Our total species count was 76, down somewhat from Fri, 24 May 2013 20:37:06 GMT Bob Shettler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21032 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21032 2 first of year birds in yard. A new world’s record, 16 Clay-coloured Sparrows at feeder! Bob Shettler Headingley [Non-text portions of this message have Fri, 24 May 2013 02:50:22 GMT Dennis S http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21031 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21031 Sorry, forgot to mention the location of the sighting...St. Boniface/Winnipeg Mb. May 21st. 2013 Dennis Swayze Wpg, Mb. Fri, 24 May 2013 00:21:18 GMT Dennis S http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21030 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21030 I was sent a photo of a bird that the folks involved thought was a Summer Tanagers...I thought they were correct and later confirmed by Christian A that it was Thu, 23 May 2013 21:52:08 GMT friesenpt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21029 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21029 Ron B., Dan E-T. and I spent the day yesterday birding points west and north (Hwy 26 to Portage La Prairie, Delta Marsh, St. Ambroise, Oak Hammock Marsh Thu, 23 May 2013 02:49:41 GMT jdsmith6614 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21028 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21028 Had my first bobolinks for this area today at 5:30 pm. Both birds were .5km east on Booth road, 13km north of Fisher Branch on Hwy 17. Joanne Smith, Hodgson Thu, 23 May 2013 01:33:43 GMT Bonnie Chartier http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21027 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21027 Hi folks, This evening I went to check the retention ponds just a little south of Gimli. There wasn't really anything that hasn't already been seen in them. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:18:30 GMT Raven http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21026 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/21026 Hi All: Saw a Northern Mockingbird in my yard this morning. I did take a picture of it, and post on Yahoo. There is so much singing in the yard right now